Arizona silver belt., 1887-08-06
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Pcraonui Impressions u Pretend 81 tiIs
ulustHous 5'hijosopltep~.ts Quotations.
The subject "a lisci,ssiop at tha meet
ing II the starr KING llNtrsnity was
Ralph Wade ghneTson and It'd principal
attraction was paper hy g. 4, Wooar
bury II Oakland who sgas AN aen,uint-
anee ana friend &c the ilus,rious phii08o-
pher, After giving his personal inipr0s-
sions at some length the sIleaEer cafisi8
ered the nature ~ Ememons influence
lilo said:
u answer without hesitation, Ia me he
was simply stiuluiatgr awaEener. u is
my conviction chat, ike Pascal and
Gurnal aud Rousseau and Hpgder and
Leasing and Curivle, he win always be-
read by the Young rathar than the old,
forcing his wNv, not by reasoning and
syllogisms, but by feeling, imagination
and Intuition, ami So driving one 10 new
and strange attitudes Of thought and
action. Sometimes, think, this was the
most common If not the only way in
which no looked upon himsclE Ger
tainly. l am mt prepared to say ii was in
Joke that he said ut himself do not
count on mc as standing anywhere, un-
settle everything. This | do know, /
woJtldnt lot him took even into q cup of
coffee for which had any respect, for to
mo he was a born iconoclast. He brought
the whole existing order with which
had been familiar into doubt, He taught
me to have no respect Cor the old simply
because il was old, Aud ton over after
meeting him the old became far too often
the obsolete, Nothing that il, came to
learn, is entitled % respect simply because
II Is. Ee smote me thus as Ia the fore.
head at our very first interview. The oc-
casion was the return Of an article had
brought him with his Suggestions in
pencil on the margin, He feIl 10 il and
gave me lecture on composition which
was clear departure from everything
the professor Of rhetoric had been touch,
ing us for two ye8is.
You shall have no firstly or sec0ndly
on thircly, he said YOU shall make no
skeleton or plan, You shall have nc
peroratiou or oxurdiuIn. What Is it you
are writing for, anyway Wh0t do yoU
want 70 say? Say il Out with III Don't
lead up To IT, Don't try Go let your
nearer down from II. That Il t9na com.
nonplace Say il withall the force aud
grace you can and stop,
/" i sec you write verses sometimes. i
suppose you read your verses ever after
you have written theme
"'Certainly
81 suppose, then after a little they
grow old 70 yOu%
Indeed they do.
And Won continue % write, III. after
a long tinle, you looG any uf your lines
oyer, and Won come to one or a success
sion and SAY 20 yourself, "That i good. 2
II ID good, no matter what any one says
TO the contrary, hut destroy without dc-
lay everything else Poetry, whether ii
comes in dreams or ia CLEANS, IS always
noble and holy, Ii must serve no fortlid
use, 1t Is ii the above. You must keep
some fact books for poetry think tbat
they are much more nearly relaxed u
poetry than rhyme on rhythm Study
Sseek Tor expression, but the poetic fact
Is half the battle, For your fact books
gather and search everything, hat yoa
SHALL not read Prescott Of Bancroft ~
Motley or MaalaieTe. Prescott "a q.
Thorough man. Rancroft reeds enor,
monsly; always understands Ills subject.
Motley was paipztalfinG ard practical.
but their style Stays Neither Of them
lifts himself OK his feet. They have no
Tilt IN them.
a think now, without heirayiag pub.
fishers confidence, can venture to give
you few Of Mr.. Emegs0R's expressions
To me which are in the line II the direct
purpose of these memories. They ire
Just rs fresh as when they were uttered,
over half ageDeratiGn ago, Although they,
Ike everything he said, are more easily
understood When read than when listened
to.
Shut yopr book when your own
thought comes It Is Of more value than
that az the angel Gabriel.
There ~ no strong performance
without a httle fanaticisl on the part OF
the performer. When you meet a son of
Kentucky hisvery presence seems to say.
IF you like me, well; il You don't, look
out for yourself
" 4 coIurniserate any one who l. sub
iect to che misery &c being oyefpEaced.
What you ere stands over you and thaR-
ders and denies what yon say.
Did you ever think about The logic
Of brain stimulus? Nature supplies har
own. It Is astonishing what she win do
II you viii give her a chance, Even The
most Tired brain VIII get relied under the
apple tree OH The grass. Later IN life a
cup 81 tea perhaps, but tobacco what
rude crowhar il This with which IL ply
into the delieate tis5ne of Gle brainp
Va study Do not sop antl you en-
counter the fact with your own hand
Search BY al shows and learn Just how
il now stands. Though tho reward 81
tho market Is IN Tho thing done, tho true
reward y n the doing Oakland (C1al.)
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